Re: They managed to finish Gladiator after Oliver Reed died

Compensation

Well, I would think that asking for the possibility to monitor emails is an attempt to compensate for their other misgivings. Their sense of control is obviously different from the rest of the world. Besides, usually for any kind of intelligence in the region, intelligence would be handed out to them and not the other way around. I would think the servers would present nice ornaments in their over-sized halls.

I say this without any animosity. An evil genius will always outrun naive.

LOL

That is like a portable computer. Looks like an out-house. Why the heck would anyone want a PC in a container to study radio astro jumbo? Wouldn't one want the computer system to be close to the research center or actually in it? Heck what about the heat generation and cooling systems?

That is only good for simple calculations that is Rent-a-Pod. you put that on a trailer and go from one state to another taking peanuts to match the cost for this nonsense. It would be just cheaper to just build the facility and have it furnished with the calculation power. Plus, just in case someone is getting smart, a ticket is cheaper from having all this move to your location.

The only good thing about it is that it would serve as an RTU system for delicate control in remote locations. Then a facility is not required to house personnel.

Pulling Hair

Which means the rest of the OS is only aesthetic. Anybody can make apps that look good.

MS toolboxes and SDKs will provide portability of codes between platforms.

Which brings me to the next point:

2- Development in the industrial sector, we need to be able to take control from workstations and port it to mobile devices using RF. Very Important to have compatibility.

3- WM has to be less capable than winCE. WinCE has been a leader in User Friendly Embedded OS. You can always compile code directly and easily for use in winCE.

Main Problem:

There are many types of embedded devices. Far more than we care to learn of.

None has provided an industry standard. Right now there are Freescale, BlackFin and ARM. Of which the latter has been more successful. for the OS's, uC was the favorable OS.

WM has to be able to overshadow uC but not WinCE.

WinCE has to be for RTUs. WinXP embedded has to be for the SCADA HMI types.

So obviously, there are many types of embedded of OS's and mainly MS has maintained a foothold in every field.

Finally:

MS is not about software only, it is about the concept of programming, OOP and portability. There is the THEORY that they have worked to preserve in their GUI (a.k.a. windows) that is rarely found at other developer products.

My Opinion, open source is a good attribute to allow the community to participate in a major development, but the problem is in cleaning the code. Linux today is least favorable all due to its quirky keywords that do not resemble anything by function. Toolboxes and SDKs for linux mobile devices are at the mercy of the manufacturing and developing companies.